The Creed of Compassion-Islamic Teachings & Answering Doctrinal Misconceptions

Issue No.977- Certain acts are mustaḥab in sajdah and one can perform them with the hope of gaining divine reward:1- It is mustaḥab to say takbīr after one raises his head from rukū‘, while the body is still, before going into sajdah and after the first sajdah before going into the second one. 2- While going into sajdah, a man should first place his hands on the ground, and a woman should first place her knees on the ground.3- In addition to the forehead, the person offering prayer should place his nose on an object on which sajdah is allowed.4- While performing sajdah, fingers should be joined, parallel to the ears, with their tips towards the qiblah.5- While in sajdah one should pray, and ask his requests from Allah. One of the good supplications is this one:" يا خَيْرَ الْمَسْؤولينَ وَ اَوْسَعَ الْمُعْطينَ اُرْزُقْنِى وَ ارْزُقْ عِيالى مِنْ فَضْلِکَ فَإنَّکَ ذُوالْفَضْلِ الْعَظيمِ "(O You Who are the best from whom people seek their needs, and O You Who are the most bountiful and generous! Give me and my family sustenance with Your Grace. Undoubtedly, you possess the greatest grace).6- After performing sajdah, one should sit on his left thigh, placing the instep of the right foot on the sole of the left foot (what is called in Arabic “tawarruk”).7- When his body is still after the first sajdah, he should say: “اَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّهَ وَ اَتُوبُ اِلَيْهِ”8- One should prolong the sajdah [while performing sajdah], say words of praise, glorify Allah (swt) and recite dhikr and Salawat.9- When sitting after the sajdah, one should place the hands on the thighs.10- At the time of rising, one should first raise his knees from the ground, and then his hands.

Issue No.978- It is makrūh to recite the holy Qur’an in sajdah. It is also makrūh to blow off the dust from the place of sajdah, and if, by doing so, a two-letter word is pronounced intentionally, the prayer is void as an obligatory precaution.

Issue No.984- While performing the obligatory sajdah of the holy Qur’an it is not necessary to utter any dhikr though it is better to recite Dhikrs; preferably the following:  "لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللّهُ حَقّاً حَقّاً لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللّهُ اِيماناً وَ تَصْديقاً لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللّهُ عُبُودِيَّةً وَرِقّاً سَجَدْتُ لَکَ يا رَبِّ تَعَبُّداً وَرِقّاً لا مُسْتَنْکِفاً وَ لا مُسْتَکْبِراً بَلْ اَنَا عَبْدٌ ذَليلٌ ضَعيفٌ خائِفٌ مُسْتَجيرٌ"

Issue No.985- It is not necessary to face the qiblah when performing the obligatory sajdah of the holy Qur’an, it would be better to do so though.

Issue No.989- It is recommended that in the state of tashahhud, one should sit on his left thigh, placing the instep of the right foot on the sole of the left foot, and utter these phrases: “اَلْحَمْدُ لِلهِ” or “بِسْمِ اللّهِ وَ بِاللّهِ وَ الحَمْدُ لِلّهِ وَ خَيْرُ الاْسْماءِ لِلّهِ” before reciting tashahhud. It is also recommended to place one’s hands on the thighs, with joined fingers, and to look at the lap, and to say “وَ تَقَبَّلْ شَفْاعَتَهُ وَ ارْفَعْ دَرَجَتَهُ” after finishing the first tashahhud [1]. (O Allah please accept the intercession of the holy prophet (ṣ) and elevate his status)

Issue No.991- If a person forgets to recite the salām of prayer, and remembers before the form of the prayer has been disturbed and he has not done any acts that invalidate the prayer, either intentionally or inadvertently [such as turning away from the qiblah], he should recite salām and his prayer is correct. However, if he remembers after the form of prayer has been disturbed, and he has not done any acts that invalidate the prayer, either intentionally or inadvertently, it is not necessary to say the salām and his prayer is correct, and if he has done so before the form of the prayer has been disturbed, he should, as an obligatory precaution, offer the prayer again.

Issue No.992- A person who is offering prayers should observe the sequence of the acts of prayers as was explained in the previous issues, and if he intentionally changes the sequence of the prayers, for example, if he performs the two Sajdahs before Ruku', or if he recites Tashahhud before performing the two Sajdah, his prayers would become void. And if he changes the sequence by mistake, he should, if he has not yet entered the succeeding Rukn (basic element), return and do it so that the sequence is observed. If a person forgets a Rukn of the prayers and performs the succeeding Rukn, for example before performing Ruku' he performs the two Sajdahs, his prayers would become void.

Issue No.995- Prolonging rukū‘, sajdah, and qunūt and reciting long sūrahs in qarā’ah do not break continuity, rather, such is preferred.

Issue No.998- It is not necessary to recite a particular dhikr or supplication in qunūt. It is better that while reciting qunūt, a person should keep his hands in front of his face, join the palms of his hands, and keep them facing the sky, join all his fingers, and recite the dhikr of Allah or recite supplications. Whatever a person recites in qunūt is sufficient, even if he says, “سُبْحانَ اللهِ” only once. However, it would be better to recite supplications such as the following:لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللّهُ الْحَليمُ الْکَريمُ لا اِلهَ إلاَّ اللّهُ الْعَلِىُّ الْعَظيمُ سُبْحانَ اللّهِ رَبِّ السَّمَواتِ السَّبْعِ وَ رَبِّ الاْرَضينَ السَّبْعِ وَ ما فيهِنَّ وَ ما بَيْنَهُنَّ وَ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ الْعَظيمِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلّهِ رَبِّ الْعالَمينَ and ask Allah to fulfil his requests in this world and the Hereafter.

Issue No.999- It is recommended that one should recite qunūt slightly louder. However, if a person is offering prayer in congregation he should not recite qunūt in a way that the imam leading the prayer is able to hear him.

Issue No.1000- If a person does not recite qunūt intentionally; there is no qaḍā for it. And if he forgets it, and remembers before reaching rukū‘, it is recommended that he stand up and recite it. Moreover, if he remembers while performing rukū‘, it is recommended that he perform its qaḍā after rukū‘. In addition, if he remembers while performing sajdah, it is recommended that he perform its qaḍā after salām.

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